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In reply to the discussion: Name a Time When the Death of a Fictional Character Really Threw You [Assume Spoilers Ahead] [View all]Mike 03
(16,616 posts)21. "In the World According to Garp, we are all terminal cases."
I had read the novel. It was the first novel I read because I wanted to rather than it being assigned in school. That last chapter is simply devastating. He tells you how Helen dies too. That is heartbreaking. He lays waste to all his characters, and I know that is how Irving sees life. He does almost the same thing in Hotel New Hampshire.
So I knew what to expect in the movie, but I remember the audience reacting to that last scene in the helicopter.
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Collimator
Dec 2020
OP
MASH Henry Blake. They just didn't do that in comedy shows back then. It was done soooo well.
mucifer
Dec 2020
#1
same here. If a movie features an animal I will ask if the animal dies
yellowdogintexas
Dec 2020
#35
The two that immediately came to mind already here: MASH's Col. Blake and Ole Yeller
hlthe2b
Dec 2020
#5
Ned Stark, Robb Stark, Tywin Lannister, ... Pick any Game of Thrones Character
Xipe Totec
Dec 2020
#11
I think the main characters will generally end up how they did on the TV show
NewJeffCT
Dec 2020
#41
"Move along there, toughie." I could tell he would die. _ Bleak House_ is my favorite Dickens novel
tblue37
Dec 2020
#46
Your choice is a really good one. I am going to go to a lesser known series/characters.
Ferrets are Cool
Dec 2020
#28
Other than Bambi? Another Joss Whedon character, when Angel killed Gile's girlfriend in Buffy.
Midnight Writer
Dec 2020
#45